THE NEW YORKER hand. Then Mrs. Sobel played another hand, and as the gnm-faced pair de- parted and a new paIr arrived, I still hadn't seen Goren play one. I found myself waiting to see him do so, the way baseball fans at the Yankee Stadium used to wait for Ruth to come to bat, and now wait for Mantle. Eventually, my patience was rewarded; in the last hand of the afternoon session, against a pair of lady Life Masters, Goren played and made three dIamonds-right into the bleachers. When the session was finished, all the Life Masters, more sociable now that the heat was off, got up from theIr tables and began churning around, engaging in spirited dIscussions. "What kind of a game did you have?" was the stock question. Boehm eXplained to me that none of them would know for sure just where they stood until the afternoon's points were posted-probably in a couple of hours-in the foyer, but that an ex- perienced tournament player could get a pretty good idea of how he and his partner had made out by comparing their scores on certain hands with those of a few other paIrs. The pair turning in the best score on a particular hand would receive twenty-five points, Boehm told me, adding that points in this case meant points toward winning the tournament, not master pOInts. The other pairs, he explained, would get pro- gressively fewer points, according to their performance, right on down to the one that made the poorest showing on a given hand; this pair would receIve no points at all In the mob, Boehm and I suddenly found ourselves next to Fishbein, who was walking around comparing scores; I noticed that he had removed his upper pair of spectacles, presumably since he no longer requIred the strategic edge they provided. Boehm introduced me to him, and I took the opportunity to ask Fishbein the man how he had come to devise Fishbein the convention. Fish- bein the man peered at me through his remaining pair of spectacles and said, "It was this way. Back in the thirties, they were chucking these preëmptive bids at you all the time, and you had to have something to combat them with. I set to work trying to think of that some- thing It couldn't be gimmIcky, and it had to be a system you could explain to your opponents in a few seconds, be- cause otherwise tournament directors wouldn't tolerate it. I thought and thought, and what did I finally come up with?" He showed me his convention card, on which his name was circled. " Th . " h . d . h d . IS, e sal , WIt mo est emphasIs. Abruptly, Fishbein grasped my lapel, 89 JOFÂS .. - 'd ',- .",.. -- . "'-- ;&.on.. ," ... ... ... r ......, 14 Q <"4 fr' / .. . .. ,',A .. ..... >>. .o,E)t'J , l o ....-. you are cordially invited to see Jofa's exciting Art in Fabrics Exhibit, showing the latest Fall drapery and upholstery fabrics for the home. Here you win see a superb collection of fabrics beautifully displayed . . . handsome prints, gay chintzes, luxurious silks, distinguished weaves and textures. Whethpr you plan to purchase fabrics for your home now or later, make it a point to see J of a' s Art in Fabrics Exhibit. Although JOFA FABRICS may be actually purchased only through your decorator, upholstprer, or decorating department of your favorite store, you may visit our Street Floor Showroom . . . see the fabrics and make your selection. J OFÅINC Established 1823 "." .". .... ". tf 1 ART . In FABRICS EXHIBIT y '. ' ., . . . M>8c I ::i ,J ' ' f :Z\': :,;i ' " ,(,:f\ t . 1\ .d:!r ! < L ,. 'iÌ \" ... . ,.. , ' J lì ' r' "J. :." ",.' -:::;' "", " . 't,. "u , ! ' , I -!>.' ' $: ,;, w , , , It 1- ! :, " ='4: !' * ;: t " Ji." 4 4 t1 ,, ",.-... z " : . ..;.:. /.#.. . ''', .: STREET FLOOR SHOWROOM 45 'East 53rd Street, ew Y ork 22 PLaza 5..0500 Our Sixth Floor Showroom is jor Decorators Only